[Intro. (Slide Guitar and Piano)]
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Oh, captain what are we hiding from?
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You've been hiding from the start
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Did some lover steal your heart
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Or did the full moon make you mad?
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Oh, captain why these speechless seas
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That never come to land?
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Oh, I need to understand
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Could a little light be that bad?
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[Instrumental (Piano)]
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I can see your hands are roughened
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By the wheel and the rope
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I'd like to look to you for hope
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I think it's hiding there
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This boat is blacked out like a city
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Awaiting bombers in the night
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Oh, you hold your helm so tight
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And yet the sky seems so fair
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Who guides this ship
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Dreaming through the seas
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Turning and searching
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Whichever way you please?
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Speak to me
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I need to see your face
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Shadowy captain
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In a darkened space
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[Instrumental (Piano)]
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If I were to spy a city
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Floating just above the sea
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Could we stop and look for me
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Among those playing on the pier?
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Or would you turn away knowing
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It was still a ways away
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And if I was there today
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You could not see me all that clear
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Who guides this ship
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Dreaming through the seas
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Turning and searching
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Whichever way you please?
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Speak to me
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I need to see your face
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Shadowy captain
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In a darkened space
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[Instrumental (Piano)]
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Shadow captain of a charcoal ship
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Shadow captain of a charcoal ship
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Trying to give the light the slip
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[Ending (Piano)]
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Shadow Captain
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| Crosby, Stills & Nash |
